概要

Dr. Mithani is a senior education, child right’s, protection and program development and evaluation professional; with over two-decades of experience working with international NGOs and academia.


His current work involves:


-      Quality Assurance Consultant on for the development of policies on Child Protection, Child Safeguarding and Data Protection and Confidentiality for ICT, provinces, and territories in Pakistan for Oxford Policy Management.


-      Working with ten public sector universities in Pakistan focusing on upskilling workforce through developing university programs and faculty development in early childhood development and early childhood care and education while servings as the advisor for Pakistan Alliance for Early Childhood.


-      Leading mid-term evaluation of project titled: “preventing child labour in Pakistani textile industry by improving the working conditions and quality of education, especially for children, awareness and advocacy work” for a German NGO terre de homme.


-      And, leading evaluation of animated stories for children in primary grades on diversity, culture, peace, empathy, and conflict prevention for the United States Institute for Peace.


In 2020 he led a mid-term evaluation of project on “Promoting Child Rights and Participation in Pakistan (PCRPP) for rule of law - Juvenile Justice Reform, project for Group Development Pakistan funded by British High Commission and developed a social impact program strategy for a corporate foundation. In 2019 he coordinated the review of laws on children enacted by federal and provincial governments in Pakistan against UN-CRC for National Commission on Human Rights and UNICEF.


In 2017-18, he led USAID funded Quality Reading Program: Time to Read project in Kyrgyz Republic in 900 schools, and in 2017 led the team to undertake Midline Early Grades Reading Assessment with Management Systems International in Pakistan and undertook education process and outcome evaluation for UKAID’s education sector support to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan with ECORYS, UK.


At Save the Children, he served as Senior Director Education and Child Development, developing, and improving program quality on learning and safe environment for children in crises across Pakistan. He has served as Assistant Professor at Aga Khan University – Institute for Education Development; teaching graduate-level courses in leadership and management, monitoring and evaluation, critical pedagogy.


Has worked closely with governments and has been sought funding and maintained active engagement with corporate and bi-lateral donors including: DFAT, USAID, EU, Dutch, and other European donors.

工作经历

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Senior Consultant
The World Bank - Pakistan Institute of Education MoFEPT
Oct 2023 - 代表 | Islamabad, Pakistan

Institutional Develoopment in Assessment and Policy Research

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Senior Consultant
Oxford Policy Management
Feb 2021 - Dec 2023 | Islamabad, Pakistan

1. Child Protection Policy Development

Development of Child Protection Policy for Federal and Provincesl/Regions
Development of Child Safeguarding and Data Confidentiality supplements
Conduct stakeholder CP Policy Validation workshops
Capacity building of provincial and district.

2. Development of M&E Framework for pilot project for PSDF on OOSA

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Senior Consultant
mithani consulting
Feb 2015 - Dec 2022 | Islamabad, Pakistan

PROGRAM EVALUATION CONSULTING ASSIGNMENTS 

Rural Support Program Network – Team Lead on Baseline/Situational Analysis for ECW MYRP ALP Programme.
International Rescue Committee – Team Lead on end of the project evaluation of TEACH – ALP and skills development program in five districts of Balochistan. 2022 on-going
Global Development Pakistan – Team Lead on end of the project Evaluation on Promoting and Protecting the Welfare of Women and Girls Project, Funded by British High Commission. 2022
Technical Consultant with AAN Associates on mid-term formative evaluation on Alternate Learning Pathways, project funded by UNICEF Pakistan & Norway and JICA across the four provinces. 2022
terre de homme – Team Lead mid-term evaluation of project on “preventing child labour in Pakistani textile industry by improving the working conditions and quality of education, especially for children, awareness and advocacy work” for a German NGO financed by Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Democracy Reporting International (DRI) - Project Development & Fund-Raising Expert (Consultant)
KITAB/SAHE/USIP – Development of pre- & post interventions tools to measure perceptions among children on diversity, empathy, and conflict prevention.
Team Lead - Evaluation of animated children\\\'s literature on pluralism, empathy, culture and diversity for United States Institute for Peace - stories developed by KITAB and SAHE.
Team Lead - Mid-Term evaluation of Promoting Child Rights and Participation in Pakistan (PCRPP) for Juvenile Justice Reform project conducted by Group Development Pakistan –, Project Funded by British High Commission.
ECORYS, UK. KESP II third party multi-year program evaluation, policy objective 1 lead and cross policy objectives research lead, June, 2017 – December 2017
Save the Children, Pakistan Country Office, Technical expert in-country on proposal development for USAID-LGL, June 2017
Save the Children, Pakistan Country Office, Development of program briefs and strategic partnership January 2017.
Care International Pakistan, Research on Girl’s Education in Pakistan, November 2016.
Plan International Pakistan, third party initial assessment of local organizations on Institutional and Financial Sustainability of DIFD funded South Asian WASH Program on behalf of Avicenna Consulting, 2016.
ActionAid, Oxfam Novib, SPARC, ECHO Children of Peace HIP proposal development, January 2016.
CARE International Pakistan, Proposal development for DFID funded Implementation of KP Education Sector Plan II, December 2015 – January 2016.
SCI AFCO, ECHO Children of Peace HIP proposal development, December 2015 - January 2016.
Plan International Pakistan, third party Mid-Term Evaluation of Pakistan Approach to Total Sanitation Project, September-December 2015 Representing AAN Associates Consulting.
UNICEF funded Child Protection Systems Mapping and Assessment for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, May-June 2015 on behalf of AAN Associates Consulting.
IKEA Foundation/UNICEF, third party Mid-Term Programme Evaluation of multi-sector program in Punjab, Sindh and Baluchistan working on social and child protection, education, health and WASH, May-July 2015 on behalf of AAN Associates Consulting.

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Country Director
Penny Appeal UK
Sep 2019 - Jan 2020 | Islamabad, Pakistan


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Chief of Party
Chemonics Inc
Dec 2017 - Dec 2018 | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Lead and Manage USAID funded \'Time to Read\' project in 900 schools across Kyrgyzstan.

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Team Lead
MSI Pakistan
Feb 2017 - Nov 2017 | Islamabad, Pakistan

Team Lead for Early Grade Reading Assessment, February to November 2017

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Development Sector Consultant
Independant
May 2015 - Jan 2017 | Islamabad, Pakistan

·       ECORYS, UK. KESP II third party multi-year program evaluation, policy objective 1 lead and cross policy objectives research lead, June, 2017 – December 2017
·       Save the Children, Pakistan Country Office, Technical expert in-country on proposal development for USAID-LGL, June 2017
·       Save the Children, Pakistan Country Office, Development of program briefs and strategic partnership January 2017.
·       Care International Pakistan, Research on Girl’s Education in Pakistan, November 2016. 
·       Plan International Pakistan, third party initial assessment of local organizations on Institutional and Financial Sustainability of DIFD funded South Asian WASH Program on behalf of Avicenna Consulting, 2016.
·       ActionAid, Oxfam Novib, SPARC, ECHO Children of Peace HIP proposal development, January 2016.
·       CARE International Pakistan, Proposal development for DFID funded Implementation of KP Education Sector Plan II, December 2015 – January 2016.
·       SCI AFCO, ECHO Children of Peace HIP proposal development, December 2015 - January 2016.
·       Plan International Pakistan, third party Mid-Term Evaluation of Pakistan Approach to Total Sanitation Project, September-December 2015 Representing AAN Associates Consulting.
·       UNICEF funded Child Protection Systems Mapping and Assessment for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, May-June 2015 on behalf of AAN Associates Consulting.
·       IKEA Foundation/UNICEF, third party Mid-Term Programme Evaluation of multi-sector program in Punjab, Sindh and Baluchistan working on social and child protection, education, health and WASH, May-July 2015 on behalf of AAN Associates Consulting.
Aga Khan Foundation, Afghanistan. Third-party lead evaluator for Tutorial Assistance Program, March 2005

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Senior Director Program Development and Quality
Save the Children
Nov 2013 - Apr 2015 | Islamabad, Pakistan

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Senior Director Education and Child Development
Save the Children
Sep 2009 - Oct 2013 | Islamabad, Pakistan

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Program Advisor - ED-LINKS Project
Aga Khan Foundation (Pakistan)
May 2008 - Apr 2009 | Islamabad, Pakistan

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Chief Academic Officer & Chief of Monitoring, Evaluation and Research
Aga Khan Education Service
May 2004 - Apr 2008 | Karachi, Pakistan

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Assistant Professor
The Aga Khan University (AKU)
Dec 2000 - Apr 2004 | Karachi, Pakistan

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Graduate Assistant & Community Program Associate Finance & Grants
University of Minnesota
Jan 1996 - Mar 2000 | Minneapolis, 114

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Research Fellow
The Aga Khan University (AKU)
Aug 1994 - Dec 1995 | Karachi, Pakistan

学历

University of Minnesota
博士, Education Policy and Administration‎
Comparative Education, Educational Leadership and Management, Educational Research
Completed
2000
University of Minnesota
硕士, 艺术硕士学位, Education Administration‎
Comparative Education, Education Development
CGPA 4.0/4
1994

技能

熟练 Academic Program Development
熟练 Analytical
熟练 Child Rights
熟练 Early Childhood Education
熟练 Education Policy and Planning
熟练 Ensure Collection
熟练 Program Development
熟练 Program Evaluation
熟练 Protection
熟练 Social Inclusion

语言

熟练 乌尔都语
熟练 英语

Shahzad 联系人

Hira Marr
Aga Khan Foundation (Pakistan)